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Q: Hello Peter,
I have not seen any news (yahoo, google etc) to account for a big drop today on ACQ. Any idea please? Also, can you comment on why Amazon given their release last night why their stock hardly got hit, yet DH Corp and others take a huge loss if they miss earnings, etc . Do you think it has to do with forward guidance which may lessen the losses. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by umedali on October 28, 2016
Q: My portfolio is predominantly made up of 4 company's stocks. They are ATD.B, GIL, HCG and SJ. With the exception of SJ (bought it in 2006) I have owned them all since 2002. I have significant capital gains from them all and have been selling them off slowly over the past three years. In each of the past three years I paid significant taxes due to the sale of these shares. I have tried to offset some of the gains by selling some of my losers but the gains are much higher and selling my losers makes the imbalance in my portfolio greater. Do you have a suggestion on how I can help balance my portfolio and avoid paying significant capital gains taxes?
Read Answer Asked by Robert on October 28, 2016
Q: Many darlings of the past year or so have been hit hard,some very hard eg VRX,CXR & DH(yesterday) & today it was ZZZ.Bruce Campbell#2,who made ZZZ his top pick 4 times since 6/30, voluntarily told Market Call(3pm pt) that he had sold ZZZ as it no longer meet his metrics of EPS growth rate & valuation,& replace it with a better choice,but still like the co.Today ZZZ dropped 6% on big volume(385k).A very volatile market.Hard to make a buck.Note that the big 6 Canadian banks are slow & steady,but returns(average 4% dividend-40/50% p.o.-plus capital appreciation are lower than those darlings in their hey day
Read Answer Asked by Peter on October 28, 2016
Q: I have shares in Amaya, Intertain and NYX gaming and am quite discouraged with both their performance and their outlook. If I were to hold any of them could you rate them from strongest to weakest with reasons. Do you think any of them are an outright sell at this point. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on October 27, 2016
Q: These stocks are all down 2 to 7 percent in the last month. Given the experience of DH should I be concerned with any of these and sell?
Read Answer Asked by Greg on October 26, 2016
Q: Could I have your recommendations for my dividend growth portfolio. I would like to average 4. to 4.5% yield. (Is that a reasonable target? I will have about $100k to deploy in 4 -6 stocks as I bring down my banking sector exposure. I currently have Agt .8%,AD 4.5%, AQN 1.2%, ALA 4.5%, BCE 6.1%, DIV 4.2%, ENB 5.8%, IPL 6.7%, PUR 2.6%, SPB 1.8%, SYZ 2 %. I am think of adding to AQN , PUR and SYZ maybe adding BAD and Fortis. I look forward to your ideas and thoughts.

ps could please tell me what the lessons learned are from crx I am still smarting and thinking of adding stops and not sure which stocks should have stops and what percentage of the current price to employee. mike
Read Answer Asked by Mike on October 26, 2016
Q: Please comment on the marijuana sector meltdown. Any idea what turned the green momentum into a bloodbath today? Is the speculative money that the fueled the rally all exiting en masse?

There was news that Lowblaws is applying for a license to dispense marijuana. Considering that the crop is almost as easy to grow as tomatoes, would some of the BC based hothouses look to apply for production licenses?
Read Answer Asked by malcolm on October 26, 2016
Q: The above are 4 lagers in my RRSP, on average down by 30%. I have a 5 year time frame to get at least the 30% back which represents $26000.00
I would like your input on a stock or stocks that could help me achieve that goal
As usual thanks for the great info because of your help my TFSA is in excellent shape
Read Answer Asked by James on October 25, 2016
Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
Here is an impossible question for you because I know your opinion on these individual stocks is negative at best. If you had your feet to the fire and had to chose one for the long term...what would it be and why?
Thanks for your excellent insights and attentive service...
Dr.Ernest Rivait
Read Answer Asked by Ernest on October 25, 2016
Q: According to an article in the Globe, HBC has real estate assets estimated at $30/share. Would this satisfy the value investor thought on buying something for $0.50 that is worth $1.00? What are your thoughts currently on HBC and if held for 5+ years, do you think the real estate will be restructured as a REIT?
Read Answer Asked by Rob on October 25, 2016
Q: Can you tell me what you think of a portfolio I am considering putting together consisting of some 5i all stars. Your thoughts on how this may compare to the BE portfolio performance, volatility, Saftey. Equal weights would be purchased. Sis, Syz, Zcl, toy, Pbh, Sh, Tnc, Esl, adw, Kxs, Gud, Rrx, Wcp, Cxi, Csu, Pli, xtc, Crh, sgy, Otc, Dbo, SJ. And a bank of you choice. Would you make any changes? If you don't think this would outperform then it will be the BE portfolio.

Read Answer Asked by Andrew on October 24, 2016
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